By Nantoo Banerjee Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s year-end assurance that China is ready to work with India for the “steady and sound growth” of bilateral ties and it is committed to upholding stability at the border areas where a stand-off has prevailed since 2020. The statement, believed to have been meant for an international […]
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Consumers can expect to enjoy lab-grown unagi and other fishes as early as 2024 SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 16 January 2023 – Nanyang Polytechnic’s School of Applied Science (SAS) successfully developed proprietary cell lines for high value fish species that cannot be farmed. These cell lines are the first in the world to grow on an ethically viable plant-based alternative to the more commonly used fetal […]
SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 16 January 2023 – A new sweat-proof, lightweight and classy line of watch straps is now revolutionising watch-wearing. Introducing: The Solitaire Rubber Straps. The latest launch by homegrown bespoke craftsman Solitaire Official is an innovative response to customer needs, the first of its kind in Singapore and globally for its unrivalled flexibility, style and durability. Expect weather-resistant vulcanised Fluoroelastomer (FKM) rubber in […]
By Arun Srivastava Sharad Yadav was a module of the triumvirate which brought about basic vicissitudes in the Indian politics and transformed it for ever. He designed the thesis of social justice, a key component of the Mandal philosophy. But unfortunately he could not attain the status of an icon for social justice. This has […]
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Green finance will be key to powering Singapore’s sustainability – spurring blended finance and transition finance ecosystems will be instrumental in intensifying green investments Forging a fit-for-future ‘Forward Singapore’ social compact and catalysing capital to create new opportunities for enterprises and talents will be critical In view of a potential economic slowdown, support measures for businesses to digitalise, transform, and embed ESG will need to be expanded […]
MACAU – Media OutReach – 12 January 2023 – Melco Style is ringing in the Lunar New Year of the Rabbit with endless entertainment experiences for Macau residents and visiting guests. Melco Style proudly presents “Chinese New Year’s Concert 2023 with Guan Zhe” will be held on January 27 at 7:30pm at Studio City Event Center (SCEC). Chinese pop singer Guan Zhe will be performing his first […]
By Sushil Kutty The Bharatiya Janata Party losing the central government is not impossible, says Shashi Tharoor, the Congress party’s Thiruvananthapuram MP. Of late, ever since Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra hit the blacktop running, such statements are common. But Tharoor’s prediction could be double-edged. The suave Congress leader might be deflecting after facing flak […]
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HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 13 January 2023 – Cornerstone Technologies Holdings Limited (“the Group” or “Cornerstone Technologies”; Hong Kong stock code: 8391) is thrilled to announce that its first construction of EV charging-enabling infrastructure (“The Project”), under the EV-charging at Home Subsidy Scheme (“EHSS”), has been successfully completed. (From left) CLP Power eMobility Director Mr Saraansh Dave, President of the Owners’ Corporation of The […]
By Sushil Kutty Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s virtual speech to the Global South leaders has come in for a degree of praise not expected for a leader under siege in his home country. A large constituency of Indians consider Prime Minister Modi’s nearly nine years in power not worth the calendars they were published in. […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak The World Social Report 2023 has called for concrete measures to support the greying population of the world amidst escalating pension and healthcare costs. It is urgent, since the number of people aged 65 and above are projected to more than double by middle of the current century. The study published […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Joshimath has been sinking for months, but could grab attention of the governments at the Centre and the State only recently that too after the subsidence started dangerously manifesting itself. Warnings served in 1976, 2001, and 2013 were grossly ignored. Human greed continued to explore the natural resources hastening the sinking […]
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Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has been served notice by its own government in Delhi for Rs 163.62 crore spent allegedly on political advertisements passed off as government messages. AAP has to pay up within 10 days, warns the recovery notice issued by the Directorate of Information and Publicity (DIP), or its office will […]
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By Ashis Biswas With most major parties adopting an ethnicity-based approach in their pre-poll campaigning, voting in the coming Assembly elections in Meghalaya could be sharply polarised, according to observers. Intriguingly, such a trend may be less noticeable in Tripura. The involvement of Assam-based political heavyweight leaders with elections in neighbouring Meghalaya, which used to […]
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SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 10 January 2023 – GEODIS is pleased to announce the appointment of June Koh as the new Human Resources Director for the newly created Asia Pacific and Middle East region. June brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the role, having worked in the field of human resources for over twenty years. Prior to joining GEODIS, June held leadership positions at […]
The buildings that have developed cracks and are badly damaged in Uttarakhand’s Joshimath will be demolished, so they don’t harm the nearby buildings, officials have said. The demolition of the damaged buildings will begin today. Joshimath has been divided into three zones – ‘Danger’, ‘Buffer’, and ‘Completely Safe’ – based on the magnitude of possible […]
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KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Media OutReach – 10 January 2023 – The time has arrived for international broker OctaFX’s annual retrospective of events impacting the world economy—compiled towards the year’s end. The year 2022 has been all-around eventful and fateful. Let’s give due diligence to the 10 most important events that affected the financial markets. The year 2022 has been dominated by two major issues: the extreme […]
By Nantoo Banerjee It is rather depressing to note that the unemployment rate in the country reached 8.30 percent in December, the highest over the last 16 months. In urban areas, the unemployment rate exceeded 10 percent. The number of people looking for jobs last month increased to 40.48 percent, the largest in 2022, reported […]
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By K R Sudhaman The preliminary official estimates by Ministry of Statistics has corroborated multilateral and other rating agencies forecast that India’s economic growth would be around 7 per cent in financial year 2022-2023. This only confirms that Indian economy is on a revival mode. The projected GDP growth may be less than 8.7 per […]
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By Sankar Ray Pakistan – Islamabad camaraderie, built up after the capture of Afghanistan by the Taliban and formation of a new Emirate in Kabul on 15 August 2021, faces a sanguinary breach. A conflictual discontent was simmering ever since the federal government had struck a ceasefire with the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan during the regime […]
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday called questions regarding the party’s chief ministerial and Prime Ministerial candidates “distraction attempts”. Addressing a press conference in Haryana’s Samana, Gandhi said the media is not giving enough coverage to Bharat Jodo Yatra. Answering a question on the chief ministerial face of Congress for the Haryana assembly polls, Gandhi said, “I have said this in earlier […]
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By Arun Kumar Shrivastav India’s North-East has seen several major infrastructure projects in the past few years. The latest is a 57 km broad gauge railway line between India’s Kokrajhar and Bhutan’s Gelephu, for which the work is going to start this year. This would be Bhutan’s first railway project and one of the […]
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The Eknath Shinde government in Maharashtra is on ventilator support and will fall by February, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut said here on Saturday. He said if the “judiciary is not pressured, then 16 MLAs (of the Shinde faction, which is also called Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena) will be disqualified”. The case pertaining to the […]
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Amid a cold wave prevailing in parts of northern India, Safdarjung in Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 1.9 degrees Celsius, the India Meteorological Department said on Sunday. Meanwhile, Aya Nagar also in Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 2.6 degrees Celsius, while Lodhi Road recorded 2.8 degrees Celsius and Palam 5.2 degrees Celsius, the […]
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